2017 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET lights

Multimedia sy
stem:
, Vehicle .
÷ Light settings .
Intell.
Light System #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction. Ad
aptiv eHighbeam Assis tPlus Ad
aptiv eHighbeam Assis tPlus function &
WARNING Risk of accident despi te
Ad aptiv eHighbeam Assis tPlus
Ad aptiv eHighbeam Assis tPlus does no trec‐
ognise thef ollowing road users:
R Road user swithout lights, e.g .pedes‐
trians
R Road user swithp oor lighting ,e.g.
cyclists
R Road user swhos elighting is obstructed,
e.g .bya barrier
On very rare occasions, Adaptiv eHighbeam
Assis tPlus ma yfail torecognise other road
user sthat ha velights, or ma yrecognise
th em tool ate. In
this, or in similar situations ,the automatic
main beam will no tbedeactivated or will be
activated despit ethe presence of other road
users. #
Alw ayso bser vethet raffic carefull yand
switc hoffthem ain beam in good time. Sy
stem limitations
Ad aptiv eHighbeam Assis tPlus canno ttak ei nto
account road, weather or traf ficc onditions.
De tection ma yberestricted if:
R Visibility is impaired, fore xamp le in fog,
heavy rain or sno w.
R Ther eisd irtont he sensor sorthe sensors
ar eo bscured.
Ad aptiv eHighbeam Assis tPlus is on lyan aid.
Yo ua re re sponsible fora dju sting thev ehicle's
lighting tothep reva ilin glight ,visibilit yand traf‐
fi cc onditions. Ad
aptiv eHighbeam Assis tPlus swit ches auto‐
maticall ybetwe en:
R Dipped beam
R Partial main beam
R Main beam
The partial main beam uses them ain beam to
shine pas tother road user srather than dazzling 12 2
Light and sight

th
em. The vehicle in front is illuminated bythe
dipped beam.
At speeds belo w25km/h or when ther eiss uffi‐
cient stre et lighting:
R The partial main beam and them ain beam
switc hoffautomaticall y.
At speeds abo ve30 km/h:
R If no other road user saredetected, them ain
beam is automaticall yswitched on.
R Ifot her road user saredetected, thep artial
main beam is automaticall yswitched on.
At speeds abo veappr ox.5 0k m/h:
R The headlamp rang eoft he dipped beam is
re gulated automaticall ybased on thed is‐
ta nce to ot herroad users.
The sy stem's optical sensor is located behind
th ew indscreen near theo verhead control panel.
Switching Adaptiv eHighbeam Assis tPlus
on/off #
Toswitc hon:tur nthe light switc htothe
à position. #
Switc hont he main beam using thec ombina‐
tion switch.
When them ain beam is switched on auto‐
maticall yinthe dar k,the _ indicator
lam pont he multifunction displa ycomes on. #
Toswitc hoff:switc hoffthem ain beam
using thec ombination switch. Setting
thed ipped beam Multimedia sy
stem:
, Vehicle .
÷ Light set-
tings .
Dipped-beams #
Select Left-side traffic orRight-side traffic. Setting
thee xterior ligh ting switch-of fdelay
time Multimedia sy
stem:
, Vehicle .
÷ Light settings .
Ext.
light. del. shut-off #
Setthe switch-of fdela ytime. Setting
thes urround lighting Multimedi
asystem:
, Vehicle .
÷ Light settings .
Loca-
tor lighting #
Switc hthe function on Oor off ª.
If th es urround lighting is swit ched on, thee xte‐
ri or lighting remains lit for40s econds af tert he
ve hicle is unloc ked. When yous tart thev ehicle,
th es urround lighting is swit ched of fand auto‐
matic driving lights ar eactivated. Light and sight
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R
2 Gentle deceleration and rolling
R 3 Consis tent speed
The inne rsegment is gr eyand theo uter seg‐
ment em pties:
R 1 Sporty acceleration
R 2 Heavy braking
R 3 Fluctuation sinspeed
Yo uh ave driven economicall ywhen:
R thet hree outer segments ar ecomple tely fil‐
led simultaneousl y.
R theE CO displa yborder lights up.
The additional rang ea chieve dasar esult of your
drivin gstyle in co mparison toad rive rw itha
ve ry sporty driving styleiss hown under Bonus
from start.T herang ed ispl aye ddoes no tindicate
af ixed reduction in consum ption. DY
NA MIC SELECT switch Fu
nction of theD YNAMI CSELECT switch Mercedes-AMG
vehicles: observet he no tesin
th eS upplement .Otherwise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ognise dangers.
Use theD YNAMI CSELECT switc htochange
between thef ollowing driv eprograms:
R I(Individual): individual settings
R S+ (Spor tPlus): particular lysporty driving
st yle
R S(Sport): sporty driving style
R C(Comfort): comfortable and economical
drivin gstyle
Depending on thed rive program selected, the
fo llowing vehicle characteristic swillch ange:
R driv esystem
- engine and transmission management
- activ edista nce assi stDISTRONIC
R ESP ®
R chassis R
steering Selecting the driv
eprogram #
Press DYNA MIC SELECT switch 1forw ards
or backwards.
The driv eprogram selected appea rsinthe
multifunction displa y. Driving and pa
rking 147

th
ep reviously pressed but tona gain until the
ga rage door opens or closes.
Clearing theg arag edooro pene rmemo ry #
Press and hold buttons 1and 3.
Indicator lamp 4lights up yello w. #
If indicator lamp 4flashes green: release
buttons 1and 3. Ra
dio equipment appr oval number sfor the
ga rage doo ropener
Ra dio equipment appr oval numbers Countr
yRadio equipment appr oval
number
Egyp tT AC.25 111 51293.WIR
Andor ra CE
Au stra lia R-NZ
Barbados MED1 578
Chile 2488/DFRS205 76/F-74
European
Union CE
Gibral tarCE
Iceland CE
Jordan TRC/LPD/20 15/299
Canad aI C:4112 A-MUAHL5
Ku wa it CE Count
ryRadio equipment appr oval
number
Liechten‐
st ein CE
Mexico RCPGEMU15-0448
Monaco CE
Ne wZ ea‐
land R-
NZ
Nor wayCE
Ru ssian
Fe dera‐
tion no
trequired
Saudi Ara‐
bia TA
10525
Switzer‐
land CE 15 8
Driving and pa rking

function is activated via
theM ercedes
me connect weba pp. The elect
ricp arkin gb rake is applied if thet rans‐
mission is in position jand one of thef ollow‐
ing condition sisfulfilled:
R The engin eisswitched off.
R The seat belt tongu eisn otinser tedint he
seat belt buckle of thed rive r's seat and the
driver's door is opened.
% Toprev ent application: pull theh andle of the
electric parking brake.
In thef ollowing situations, thee lectric parking
brak eisa lso engaged:
R The ActiveD ista nce Assi stant DI STRO NIC is
bringing thev ehicle toas tandstill.
R The HOL Dfunction is keeping thev ehicle sta‐
tionar y.
R ActiveP arking Assis tiskeeping thev ehicle
st ationar y. This is onl
ythe case if one of thef ollowing con‐
ditions is also fulfilled:
R The engine is switched off.
R The seat belt tongu eisn otinser tedint he
seat belt buckle of thed rive r's seat and the
driver's door is opened.
R Ther eisas ystemm alfunction.
R The po wersupply is insuf ficient.
R The vehicle is stationar yfor alengt hyperiod.
When thee lectric parking brak eisapplied,
the ! indicator lam plights up in thei nstru‐
ment clus ter.
The electric parking brak eisnotautomatically
applied if thee ngine is switched of fbythe ECO
st art/ stop function.
Fu nction of thee lectric pa rking brake
(releasing automatically)
The elect ricp arkin gb rake isreleased when the
fo llowing condition sarefulfilled:
R The engin eisrunning.
R Thes eatb eltt ongue is inser tedi ntot he seat
belt buckle of thed rive r's seat. R
The transmission is in position hork and
yo ud epress thea ccelera torp eda lory ou
shif tfromt ransmission position jtoh or
k.
R Ifth et ransmission is in position k,the boot
lid mus tbeclosed.
If th es eat belt tongu eisn otinser tedi ntot he
seat belt buckle of thed rive r's seat, thef ollow‐
ing condition smustbef ulfilled:
R The driver's door is closed.
R Youm ovet he transmission out of transmis‐
sion position joryouh ave prev iously
driven fasterthan 3k m/ h.
R Ifth et ransmission is in position k,the boot
lid mus tbeclosed.
If th ee lectric parking brak eisreleased,
the ! indicator lam pinthe instrument clus‐
te rg oes out. 16 0
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If
Ac tiveB rake Assi sthas de tected arisk of colli‐
sion ,you will be warned visuall yand acousti‐
cally.
If yo udon otreact tothev isual or acoustic warn‐
ing, autonomous brakin gcan be initiated in criti‐
cal situations.
In especially critical situations ,Activ eBrake
Assi stcan initia teautonomous brakin gdirect ly.
In this case, thev isual and acoustic warning
occur ssimultaneousl ywitht he braking applica‐
tion.
If yo ua ppl ythe brak eyourself in acritical situa‐
tio nora pplythe brak eduring autonomous brak‐
ing, situation-dependen tbraking assis tance
occu rs.T he brak epressur eincreases up tomax‐
imum full-s topb raking if necessar y.
If th ea utonomous braking function or thes itua‐
tion-dependen tbraking assis tance is trig gered,
additional pr eventiv em easu resf or occup ant
pr otection (PRE-SAFE ®
)m ayalso be initiated, if
th ev ehicle is equipped wit hthese. &
WARNING Risk of an accident caused by
limited de tection per form anc eofA ctive
Brak eAssist
Ac tiveB rake Assi stcanno talway sc lear ly
identify object sand comple xtraf fics itua‐
tions.
In su chcases, ActiveB rake Assi stmight:
R Giveaw arning or brak ewithout reason
R Notgiveaw arning or no tbrake #
Alw aysp aycareful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation; do no trely on ActiveB rake
Assi stalone. ActiveB rake Assi stis only
an aid. The driver is responsible for
maintaining asuita ble dis tance tothe
ve hicle in front, vehicle speed and for
braking in good time. #
Be prepared tobrak eors werveifn ec‐
essar y. Als
oo bserve thes ysteml imitations of Active
Brak eAssist.
The individua lsubfunctions ar eavailable in
th ef ollowing speed ranges:
Distance warning function
The dis tance warning function issues awarning
at speeds:
R From appr oximatel y30k m/h, if overseveral
seconds thed ista nce maintained tothev ehi‐
cle tra velling in front is insuf ficient fort he
driving speed. The ·distance warning
lam pthen lights up in thei nstrument clus ter.
R From appr oximatel y7km/h, if your vehicle
is criticall yclose toav ehicle or pedestrian.
An intermittent warning tone sounds and the
· distance warning lam plight supint he
instrument clus ter.
Brak eimmediately or take evasiv eaction ,provi‐
ded it is saf etodosoa ndthet raffic situation
allo wsthis. 16 8
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Setting
Activ eB rake Assi st Multimedia sy
stem:
, Vehicle .
k Assistance .
Active
Brak eAssist
Ve hicles without Drivin gAssistanc epack‐
age: The settings can be made af ters tarti ngthe
ve hicle.
Ve hicles with Drivin gAssistanc epacka ge:
The setting scan be made when thei gnition is
switched on.
% It is recommended that youa lway sl ea ve
Ac tiveB rake Assi stswitched on.
Select one of thef ollowing settings: #
Early :your selection is retained when the
ve hicle is next star ted. #
Medium :your selection is retained when the
ve hicle is next star ted. #
Late:y our selection is retained when the
ve hicle is next star ted. #
Off:
The dis tance warning function and thea uton‐
omous braking function ar edeactivated. Ve
hicles without Drivin gAssistanc epack‐
age: when thev ehicle is next star ted, the
mediu msetting is auto matically selected.
Ve hicles with Drivin gAssistanc epack‐
age: Evasi veSteering Assis tisnotavailable.
When thei gnition is next star ted, them iddle
setting is selected automaticall yand Evasive
St eering Assis tisavailable.
% When ActiveB rake Assi stis deactivated, the
æ symbol appears inthea ssis tance
graphi cinthe multifunction displa y. Ad
aptiv eBrake Lights function Ad
aptiv eBrake Lights warnfollowing traf ficinan
emergency braking situation:
R Byflashin gbrake lamps
R By activatin gthe hazard warning lights
If th ev ehicle is braked sharpl yfroms peeds
abo ve50 km/h, theb rake lamps flash rapidly.
This pr ovides traf fict rave lling behin dyou wit han
eve nm oren oticeable warning. If
th ev ehicle is tra velling at speeds of mor ethan
70 km/h at theb eginnin gofthe brak eapplica‐
tion ,the hazar dwarning light sswitc hono nce
th ev ehicle is stationar y.When pulling away
again, theh azar dwarning light sswitc hoffauto‐
maticall yatapproximatel y10k m/h .You can
also switc hofftheh azar dwarning light susing
th eh azar dwarning button. Cruise control and limiter
Fu
nction of cruise control
Cruise cont rola ccelerates and brakes thev ehi‐
cle automaticall yinorder tomaintain aprevi‐
ous lystored speed.
If yo ua ccelerat etoovertake, fore xamp le,the
st ored speed is no tdele ted. If your emo veyour
fo ot from thea ccelerator pedal af tero vertaking,
cruise control will resume speed regulation back
to thes tore ds peed.
Cruise contro lisoperated using thec orrespond‐
ing steering wheel buttons. Youc an stor ea ny
ro ad spee dabove 20 km/h.
If yo uf ail toadap tyour driving style, cruise con‐
trol can neither reduce ther isk of an accident 17 2
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&
WARNING Risk of entrapment from vehi‐
cle lo wering
Ve hicles with AIRB ODYC ONT ROLor
le ve lc ontrol sy stem: When youu nload lug‐
ga ge or lea vethev ehicle, thev ehicle first
ri ses slightly and then returns tothes etlevel
shortl yafter wa rds.
Yo uora nyone else in thev icinit yoft he
whee larches or theu nderbody could thus
become trapped.
The vehicle can also be lo wereda fter being
loc ked. #
When leaving thev ehicle, mak esure
th at nobody is in thev icinit yoft he
whee larches or theu nderbody. Re
quirements:
R The vehicle has been star ted.
R The vehicle mus tnotbe moving fasterthan
80 km/h. Ra
ising thev ehicle #
Press but ton1.
Indica torlamp 2lights up.
The vehicle is raised by40 mm compared to
th en ormal le vel.
Yo ur selection is sa ved. The
vehicle is lo wereda gain in thef ollowing sit‐
uations:
R When driving fasterthan 120k m/h.
R When driving between 80 km/h and
120k m/h fora pproxima tely thre em inutes.
R Afters electing adrive program using the
DY NA MIC SELECT switch.
The vehicle is adjus tedtot he height of thel ast
activ edrive program.
Lo weri ngthev ehicle #
Press but ton1.
Indica torlamp 2goes out. The vehicle is
adjus tedtot he height of thel asta ctiv edrive
program. Driving and parking
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